Montana State University library staff member Sally White outlasted five contestants in Yellowstone Harley Davidson's Deep Freeze Challenge in January to win a motorcycle, Zen & The Art of Motorcycling Libraries by Jean Arthur By day, Montana State University library staff member Sally White, '03 M, works at the interlibrary loan desk, helping students and professors at the Bozeman campus borrow books from libraries around the world. But after hours, White revs her Harley and zooms down Montana highways. Well, she's thinking about revving her Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and has hopes of zooming. Actually, she's never been on a Harley and, in fact, hasn't ridden a motorcycle for 20 years. She has read the classic, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. For now, White is just pleased that she outlasted five other contestants vying for a 2002 Limited Edition Harley-Davidson Model 883 Sportster motorcycle, courtesy of Yellowstone Harley-Davidson in Belgrade. "I saw an ad in the paper about winning a Harley if you were the last person touching it," said White, who completed her master's degree in Spanish last year at MSU. "I entered the contest on a whim." The rules for the Jan. 30 Deep Freeze Challenge were simple, said dealership owner Ardi DeVries. "Contestants had to keep one hand on the motorcycle at all times," said DeVries. "They could sit or stand or lay down, but no chairs, no blankets were allowed--just warm clothes." If a contestant's body temperature dropped to 95 degrees, the challenger had to bow out because of potential hypothermia. Competitors could eat or drink but were not allowed any breaks. "We didn't ask how they dealt without bathroom breaks," said DeVries. "That's more than we needed to know." White said that she created a system to deal with the lack of breaks. White won the $5,000 motorcycle after keeping a hand on it for 35 hours and eight minutes, outside the chopper retailer. She survived an afternoon squall that pelted contestants with rain and snow. Eight-degree temperatures overnight thickened motor oil and slowed circulation. White rarely stopped moving, dancing and jumping, and, as in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," she became one with the Sportster. She joins other biker bibliophiles at MSU--at least two other librarians ride motorcycles. "I stayed warm because I ate and I drank fluids more than the other contestants did, and I moved constantly," she said. A few people with a hand on the motorcycle had to quit the competition because their body temperatures dropped too low. "One Harley guy asked me, 'If you win the bike, are you going to chop it or leave it as is?' I smiled to myself, thinking, 'I don't know what that means,'" she said. Considering the two feet of snow on campus, she added, "I do know that I will be a fair-weather rider. I've been daydreaming of riding through Mexico or across country to visit friends. My friends say that I need to work on my Harley wardrobe. I tell them, 'Just don't expect a complete identity change.'" While the shiny orange sherbet-colored bike will be parked in her living room awaiting fair weather and dry roads, White will be reading up on Harleys. Reference librarian Christy Donaldson, who does not ride a Harley, said that MSU's stacks hold about 50 volumes on motorcycles, four Harley-Davidson--specific books, and, of course, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.